Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes

About this book

A beautifully illustrated identification key to the basidiomycotes* of temperate Europe.

The basidiomycotes comprise some of the best-known groups in the Kingdom of Fungi, including most mushrooms prized by mushroom hunters. Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes covers more than 4,600 species found in the region. These stunningly illustrated scientific keys offer a revolutionary approach to identification. Incisive descriptions provide information on everything from distinguishing characteristics and morphology to ecology and distribution, and each form group begins with an innovative comparison wheel with guiding up-close photos and drawings of essential microscopic features. This is a must-have resource for amateur and professional mycologists alike.

- Features illustrated ID keys to chanterelles, agarics, boletes, polypores, corticioid fungi, tooth fungi, cyphelloid fungi, club fungi, jelly fungi, puffballs, and many more
- Includes a wealth of photos, comparison wheels, colour squares, and line drawings
- Uses an accessible system that guides you step-by-step to successful identification
- An invaluable companion to the acclaimed two-volume mycological guide, Fungi of Temperate Europe

* After querying the nomenclature with the authors, Jens Petersen explained that "traditionally a member of the group has been called a basidiomycete, based on the Latin Basidiomycetes (-mycetes points to the rank of class). The hierarchy has in more recent time been expanded and the group is now called Basidiomycota (-mycota is the rank of phylum). We have moved the English name along with the systematic hierarchy and use "a basidiomycote/basidiomycotes" in vol 1 and 2 [of Fungi of Temperate Europe]".

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Biography

Thomas Læssøe is a mycologist and researcher with the Globe Institute and the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author (with Jens H. Petersen) of Fungi of Temperate Europe (Princeton).

Jens H. Petersen is a mycologist, graphic designer, and photographer and the author of The Kingdom of Fungi (Princeton). Petersen and Læssøe created the online identification tool MycoKey (mycokey.com).

Tobias Guldberg Frøslev is a mycologist and scientific officer at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen.

Jacob Heilmann-Clausen is an associate professor at the Globe institute's Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate.